Volume 46 Edition 8 August 2017 Submit articles to:
[email protected] By the 15th of each month FFS Board Of Directors President A Non-Profit Corporation for Traditional Arts Denise Sciandra
[email protected] Notes from Board President, Denise Sciandra Vice President Introducing Mikal Sandoval. She sings, plays guitar, and dances. Some Paul Starcevich
[email protected] of you have met her at the Basque where she participates on Mondays with the Honky Tonk group and on Wednesdays with the Friends of Secretary Sue Wirt Kenny Hall Jam. Her singing and personality add to both.
[email protected] Mikal began playing Treasurer Jim Ross and singing as a teenager when
[email protected] her family lived in the small, Concert Master remote community of Mina in Pat Wolk Trinity County in Northern Cali-
[email protected] fornia. Her mother influenced Membership her singing and dancing. Patty Bennett
[email protected] Mikal says that she has Lifetime Member “fronted several bands” includ- Alan Hubbart ing country, folk, rock and vin- Members At Large tage 1920s and 1930s type Ron Bohigian
[email protected] bands. She has been on a few Bill Lehr recordings as lead and backup
[email protected] vocalist. She has performed at Mikal Sandoval Karen Starcevich the California State Parks as the “singing park ranger”. Mikal has since retired from
[email protected] that career. She was lead singer in in an “award-winning four-part ladies group”. Ann Lamb
[email protected] Mikal says that if she had a blog, she’d call it “Country Girl/City Girl.” That refers to having been born in the big city of San Francisco and working in Los Angeles but Bill Johnson
[email protected] spending childhood years in Mina, California, “population 5”.